criminal justice

What is Emerging Adult Justice?

Emerg­ing adult jus­tice focus­es on achiev­ing pos­i­tive out­comes for peo­ple ages 18 to 25 involved in the crim­i­nal jus­tice sys­tem. Why focus on this age range? Nation­al­ly, peo­ple ages 18 to 25 are overrep­re­sent­ed through­out the crim­i­nal legal sys­tem and have the high­est recidi­vism rates. Too often, the jus­tice sys­tem … Read More